Name Tag Glyph
· Hold paper landscape and fold it horizontally.
· Before writing your name on the nametag do the following two things:
o What is your position in the family?
§ Oldest – write your name in orange
§ Youngest – write your name in green
§ Middle – write your name in black
§ Only Child – write your name in blue
o Did you travel more than 10 miles to attend this workshop?
§ Yes – write in cursive
§ No - write in manuscript
· Draw the following symbol on your name tag to indicate the month in which you were born:
January – snowman July – sailboat
February – heart August – sun
March – kite September – apple
April – umbrella October – pumpkin
May – flower November – turkey
June – school with a x December – holly leaf
· Think about both of these before putting the border on your name tag:
o On which day of the month were you born? – Put that many dots in the border of your name tag
o What grade(s) do you teach? – Color a line around the edge of your border as follows:
0 – green 1 - blue 2 – purple 3 – red
Activities to use with glyphs:
¯ Collect the glyphs and give to students at random. Ask students to interpret the information.
¯ Post the glyphs for Back to School Night with the key and let parents see if they can decipher the information.
¯ Create a birthday graph or chart for the class using the nametags.